After six years of privately-renting a house in Easton I came home from work one day to find a brown envelope behind my front door. Although it was upsetting to see a Section 21 eviction notice inside that hand-delivered envelope, it came as no surprise to me.
I suspected that my landlord was planning an eviction when they called me in February to arrange a gas safety inspection. I only can recall one other inspection in the past six years which happened after I informed the landlord that I would withhold my rent until the check (which is a legal requirement that should be done every year) was done.
For the last two months I have been looking for somewhere else to rent in vain. Agencies in Bristol have told me that my income is not high enough to rent or that two children are too many for a two-bedroom property, but most of the time the properties are already fully booked for viewings.
